Does she have Botox Lips?

One common misconception that pops up when talking to people is that they actually don’t know the difference between Botox and Fillers. Recently, one of my friends asked me if I thought that the lady sitting across from us in the restaurant had Botox in her lips. To clear up all of the confusion – there is no such thing as injecting Botox into someones lips. Botox Lips are a fallacy!

Botox is a protein that is used to block muscle movements and in so doing treat the wrinkles that are formed by muscle movements. The following wrinkles can be treated with Botox injections:

Frown – Glabellar

Forehead – Frontalis

Eyes – Crows feet

Brow Lift

Nose – Bunny lines

Gummy Smile

Mouth – Smoker’s lines

Chin – Dimple reduction

Neck – Nefertiti lift and contouring

Botox has no volumising effect – that is, it can never add volume to the area that it is injected. Fillers on the other hand are the treatment of choice for volumising. When you think of Kylie Jenner and her full, plump lips it is not Botox that has created them. Botox Lips are a fallacy – it is Filler Lips that you want. Fillers volumise lips – the extent of volumising is determined by how much filler you use. Kylie Jenner may not have a natural result, but she definitely has filler in her lips. Lip Filler treatments can in fact be very natural looking.

Kylie Jenner – Here too much Lip Filler has been injected into the upper lip – creating a sausage like appearance.

The ideal lips – the natural dimensions have been maintained.

So the answer to the question, Does she have Botox Lips…

Definitely not!

– Dr Wade Merchant

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